Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 1981
DISABLED PERSONS
Disability Discrimination (Prescribed Periods for Accessibility Strategies and Plans for Schools) (England) Regulations 2002
Made
24th July 2002
Laid before Parliament
5th August 2002
Coming into force
1st September 2002
In the exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 28D(2) and (9), 67(1) and (3)(a), and 68(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995( 1 ), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations—
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Discrimination (Prescribed Periods for Accessibility Strategies and Plans for Schools) (England) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.
Prescribed periods for accessibility strategies and accessibility plans
2. For the purposes of sub-sections (2) and (9) of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and subject to regulation 3 below, the prescribed period shall in each case be a period of three years beginning on 1st April 2003 and ending on 31st March 2006.
3. In respect of a school established after 1st April 2003, for the purposes of sub-section (9) of section 28D of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the prescribed period shall be the period beginning on the date the school is established and ending on 31st March 2006.
Catherine Ashton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Skills
24th July 2002
1995 c. 50 ; section 28D inserted by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10) , section 14(1).